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Finland-based aerospace company Patria has awarded an Esterline subsidiary a contract to update the cockpit avionics platform onboard the Finnish air force’s fleet of BAE Systems-built Hawk trainer aircraft. Esterline CMC Electronics will integrate its Cockpit 4000 glass-based avionics suite with seven Hawk Mk51 planes under the contract, Esterline said Monday. The Cockpit 4000 avionics platform […] More

Leonardo-Finmeccanica has introduced a dual role model of the M-346 trainer, developed by the Italian conglomerate’s subsidiary Alenia Aermacchi, and expects the new aircraft to enter service in 2018, Defense News reported Sunday. Tom Kington writes the M-346FT trainer is designed to shift between pilot training application and combat operations. The aircraft incorporates a new tactical datalink and five hard points […] More

An ICF International subsidiary has received a possible 4-year, $18 million communication framework service contract in support of the European Commission’s Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. The company said Monday its ICF Mostra will work to develop and implement communication strategies in line with online and offline communication trends for EASME and the Directorates General for climate action, […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman a potential $7.2 million contract modification to begin work on the second phase of the Supply Chain Hardware Integrity for Electronics Defense program. The modification exercises the initial option to a previously awarded contract with a 21-month base term and brings the total contract value from $12.3 million […] More